Mystery from Another World--MHA

Part 180: Car pool chaos

"Oh, really? Awesome!" Bakugo leaned forward. "This is way better than creeping along."

Wally put his phone on speaker. "What is it, Sunshine?"

* * *

"Sunshine?" Mirko said to Shine.

"It's cute, and if you say one thing about it, I will pull this car over and kick you into the snow," Shine said.

"What is it?" Wally's voice came over speaker.

"Why did you just speed up? Did you see something?" Shine said.

"Oh, no, the kids are whining about how I'm not a pro driver, so I'm proving them wrong," Wally said.

"That's stupid," Ren said.

"Oh, heck yeah!" Mirko leaned forward. "We should do that--race or something. If we do that, I want to drive."

"Rumi, for the last time, you are not driving this car," Shine said.

Shigaraki had his arms crossed. "This conversation is so asinine."

"Miss Likstar, they say you're not supposed to be on the phone while you're driving," Iida said nervously, "and they say it's every bit as distracting even if you're not holding it."

"Iida, you know they also say not to distract the driver by talking to them," Shine said.

Iida was conflicted yet again by his role.

"Well, don't get too far ahead," Shine said.

"Oh, come on, honey, you can drive a little faster than that. What are you doing, 50?"

"I don't know, it varies," Shine said.

"Wait, you don't know how fast you're going?" Mirko said.

"Shut up, Rumi... like 50 or so," Shine said. 

"So go faster than that," Wally said.

"Just to prove a point? Maybe you're that confident, but what if we see ice on this road?" Shine argued.

"It'll be fine. I'm faster than this car. I'll just get out and stop it," Wally said.

"I'm not sure that's the best logic, hon," Shine said.

"Is he really that stupid?" Shigaraki asked.

Shine slammed on the brakes, and Shigaraki almost hit the dashboard.

"Oh, wow," Shine said, "Sorry, it's just when people insult my fiancé, I get a little jumpy. I wouldn't say that again if I were you. I might stop even harder."

Mirko and Ren laughed.

Iida didn't think it was funny. He'd hit the back of the seat in front of him.

"You do know I could dust this whole car!" Shigaraki snapped at Shine.

"And then you can walk the rest of the way, in the cold," Shine said, "because I'll just portal myself to Wally's car if you do that. So we're clear on that, right?"

Silence.

"Sounds like you've got it handled," Wally said, "So, you gonna speed up?"

"If Shigaraki keeps bugging me, I might," Shine said, "just to get this over with faster. And Mirko's being a real pain too. Who knows? I could outpace you from sheer annoyance."

"If you think this is bad, picture 8 sisters on the bus with you," Ren said, "Field trips were a nightmare..."

"I can picture it," Shine said.